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Brad Paisley completed an instrumental album in the last few weeks, and he’s given it a title that describes it simply and directly: "Play".
The project includes guest appearances by the likes of Vince Gill, Steve Wariner and B.B. King, among others, plus a track that allows Brad to collaborate with the late Buck Owens.
The album "will surprise people," Brad told The Charlotte Observer. "It's not all country. We do everything from jazz guitar to one [song] that's very heavy metal."
Brad’s penchant for filling his live shows — and the Play album, in particular — with lots of guitar gives him a unique place in modern music. He believes there are very few real guitar heroes who are making hit records in 2008.
"There was a time when every band had a great player," he said. "I was watching VH1's I Love The '80s. They've got the hair bands on there. They were talking about 1985. There was so much guitar. These days, it's different. There's a lack. I'm doing my part, trying to play as many solos as possible."
And trying to work on another project. Even with Play still under wraps, he promises he’ll be back in the studio to work on his next album this fall, once he completes his current Paisley Party Tour, a GAC-sponsored package that also features Jewel, Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough.
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Jimmy Wayne has a Top 15 hit on his hands with "Do You Believe Me Now," and his album of the same name is set for release on Aug. 26.
But Jimmy wasn’t entirely in control of the production. The album was officially completed at one point, but he discovered that he had an opportunity to give one of the songs, "No Good For Me," a special extra voice.
"Just when I thought I was finished with the CD, I got a call from a good friend," he wrote in his MySpace blog. "Patty Loveless has agreed to sing a duet with me on one of my favorite songs on this CD. This song had already been recorded, mixed and ready for packaging — however, when Patty agreed to sing with me on it, we pulled the song off the CD as fast as pulling a kid out of oncoming traffic, back onto the sidewalk! It’s worth it, because it’s Patty Loveless. Who wouldn’t do it?"
While Jimmy’s album is just weeks away from release, Patty has her own project in the pipeline.
Sleepless Nights, in which Patty covers songs by the likes of George Jones, Ray Price and the Everly Brothers, comes out Sept. 9. In the meantime, Patty’s also backing several other artists on current albums, just as she’s doing for Jimmy. She sings with George Strait on a song called "House Of Cash" on his Troubadour album; she also backs Kathy Mattea on "Blue Diamond Mines" on Kathy’s CD Coal.
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Sugarland, Faith Hill, Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood are among a host of artists who’ve been tabbed to appear on the ABC-TV special "CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night To Rock."
Hosted by Taylor Swift, Kellie Pickler and Julianne Hough, the two-hour program pulls heavily from the nightly concerts presented at Nashville’s LP Field in June during the Country Music Association’s annual fan event. Each of the four nights’ talent showcases was loaded with hitmakers, and producers had plenty of material from which to build the eventual show.
Among the other acts slated for the Sept. 8 program are Alan Jackson, Dwight Yoakam, Gretchen Wilson, Rascal Flatts, Jewel, Miranda Lambert, Trace Adkins, Rodney Atkins, Billy Ray Cyrus, Josh Turner and Bucky Covington.
Sugarland, who crawled over the top of fans on the main floor of the stadium in transparent bubbles during the CMA Festival, is GAC’s Artist of the Month for July.
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After performing concerts in Iowa on Friday and Saturday (July 18-19), Dierks Bentley will return to Europe for a headlining tour with sold-out shows scheduled in England, Ireland, Norway and France. His next U.S. concert date is Aug. 2 at Lollapalooza, the alternative music festival held in downtown Chicago. After this string of dates, he will focus on finishing his next album. "This is definitely the most time I've ever spent making an album," he says. "I started writing for it in December 2006, and I have put these songs through four different studios, countless soundchecks and dressing room strummings, and a couple have even made it into the live show at some point or another. I've really enjoyed having the time to let the album and the songs develop fully."
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Kellie Pickler did quite well with her "Small Town Girl" debut, and now she'll try to follow-up that with her self-titled, sophomore album on Sept. 30.
"I'm so excited and proud of the new album," said Pickler. "The material on the new album is part small town girl, but also a reflection of the experiences I've had over the last two years. I've matured, some, seen a lot more of the world, and naming the album Kellie Pickler says, 'this album is me, this is who I am and where I am.'"
The lead single, "Don't You Know You're Beautiful," is an uptempo, positive message about inner beauty and addresses the issues of body image and societal pressures on young women. Other songs include "Best Days Of Your Life," a song she co-wrote with Taylor Swift while on the road together last year. Swift also sang background vocals on the song.
The album will also feature "Rocks Instead Of Rice," a song Pickler wrote with "Before He Cheats" writers Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear and has been performing on the road this summer. It's a tongue in cheek look at a woman at the wedding of a former boyfriend and how much more gratifying the experience would be if the guests were throwing rocks instead of rice.
Produced by Chris Lindsey, this album involved Pickler more, according to her publicist. With "Small Town Girl," Pickler was on the American Idol Tour, cutting her participation. With "Kellie Pickler," she's worked with Lindsey on arrangements, instrumentation and song selection.
Pickler is touring this summer. She also will co-host and perform on the CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock, which will air on Sept. 8 on ABC.
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Blake Shelton is not resting on his laurels. With "Home" number one for a second week, he's looking ahead to his new single. "She Wouldn't Be Gone," from his forthcoming album, will premiere on CMT.com on Monday, July 21. The single is written by Cory Batten and Jennifer Adan and produced by Scott Hendricks.
"As a country music artist I'm always looking for 'that song.' Something unique, something special, something that matters. This song has all of the above. What a melody," said Shelton.
"She Wouldn't Be Gone" will also be digitally delivered to country radio on July 21 and will be available for sale at all digital retailers on July 29. Ringtone will be available at all carriers on Aug. 3.
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Brad Paisley completed an instrumental album in the last few weeks, and he’s given it a title that describes it simply and directly: "Play".
The project includes guest appearances by the likes of Vince Gill, Steve Wariner and B.B. King, among others, plus a track that allows Brad to collaborate with the late Buck Owens.
The album "will surprise people," Brad told The Charlotte Observer. "It's not all country. We do everything from jazz guitar to one [song] that's very heavy metal."
Brad’s penchant for filling his live shows — and the Play album, in particular — with lots of guitar gives him a unique place in modern music. He believes there are very few real guitar heroes who are making hit records in 2008.
"There was a time when every band had a great player," he said. "I was watching VH1's I Love The '80s. They've got the hair bands on there. They were talking about 1985. There was so much guitar. These days, it's different. There's a lack. I'm doing my part, trying to play as many solos as possible."
And trying to work on another project. Even with Play still under wraps, he promises he’ll be back in the studio to work on his next album this fall, once he completes his current Paisley Party Tour, a GAC-sponsored package that also features Jewel, Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough.
source
Jimmy Wayne has a Top 15 hit on his hands with "Do You Believe Me Now," and his album of the same name is set for release on Aug. 26.
But Jimmy wasn’t entirely in control of the production. The album was officially completed at one point, but he discovered that he had an opportunity to give one of the songs, "No Good For Me," a special extra voice.
"Just when I thought I was finished with the CD, I got a call from a good friend," he wrote in his MySpace blog. "Patty Loveless has agreed to sing a duet with me on one of my favorite songs on this CD. This song had already been recorded, mixed and ready for packaging — however, when Patty agreed to sing with me on it, we pulled the song off the CD as fast as pulling a kid out of oncoming traffic, back onto the sidewalk! It’s worth it, because it’s Patty Loveless. Who wouldn’t do it?"
While Jimmy’s album is just weeks away from release, Patty has her own project in the pipeline.
Sleepless Nights, in which Patty covers songs by the likes of George Jones, Ray Price and the Everly Brothers, comes out Sept. 9. In the meantime, Patty’s also backing several other artists on current albums, just as she’s doing for Jimmy. She sings with George Strait on a song called "House Of Cash" on his Troubadour album; she also backs Kathy Mattea on "Blue Diamond Mines" on Kathy’s CD Coal.
source
Sugarland, Faith Hill, Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood are among a host of artists who’ve been tabbed to appear on the ABC-TV special "CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night To Rock."
Hosted by Taylor Swift, Kellie Pickler and Julianne Hough, the two-hour program pulls heavily from the nightly concerts presented at Nashville’s LP Field in June during the Country Music Association’s annual fan event. Each of the four nights’ talent showcases was loaded with hitmakers, and producers had plenty of material from which to build the eventual show.
Among the other acts slated for the Sept. 8 program are Alan Jackson, Dwight Yoakam, Gretchen Wilson, Rascal Flatts, Jewel, Miranda Lambert, Trace Adkins, Rodney Atkins, Billy Ray Cyrus, Josh Turner and Bucky Covington.
Sugarland, who crawled over the top of fans on the main floor of the stadium in transparent bubbles during the CMA Festival, is GAC’s Artist of the Month for July.
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After performing concerts in Iowa on Friday and Saturday (July 18-19), Dierks Bentley will return to Europe for a headlining tour with sold-out shows scheduled in England, Ireland, Norway and France. His next U.S. concert date is Aug. 2 at Lollapalooza, the alternative music festival held in downtown Chicago. After this string of dates, he will focus on finishing his next album. "This is definitely the most time I've ever spent making an album," he says. "I started writing for it in December 2006, and I have put these songs through four different studios, countless soundchecks and dressing room strummings, and a couple have even made it into the live show at some point or another. I've really enjoyed having the time to let the album and the songs develop fully."
source
Kellie Pickler did quite well with her "Small Town Girl" debut, and now she'll try to follow-up that with her self-titled, sophomore album on Sept. 30.
"I'm so excited and proud of the new album," said Pickler. "The material on the new album is part small town girl, but also a reflection of the experiences I've had over the last two years. I've matured, some, seen a lot more of the world, and naming the album Kellie Pickler says, 'this album is me, this is who I am and where I am.'"
The lead single, "Don't You Know You're Beautiful," is an uptempo, positive message about inner beauty and addresses the issues of body image and societal pressures on young women. Other songs include "Best Days Of Your Life," a song she co-wrote with Taylor Swift while on the road together last year. Swift also sang background vocals on the song.
The album will also feature "Rocks Instead Of Rice," a song Pickler wrote with "Before He Cheats" writers Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear and has been performing on the road this summer. It's a tongue in cheek look at a woman at the wedding of a former boyfriend and how much more gratifying the experience would be if the guests were throwing rocks instead of rice.
Produced by Chris Lindsey, this album involved Pickler more, according to her publicist. With "Small Town Girl," Pickler was on the American Idol Tour, cutting her participation. With "Kellie Pickler," she's worked with Lindsey on arrangements, instrumentation and song selection.
Pickler is touring this summer. She also will co-host and perform on the CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock, which will air on Sept. 8 on ABC.
source
Blake Shelton is not resting on his laurels. With "Home" number one for a second week, he's looking ahead to his new single. "She Wouldn't Be Gone," from his forthcoming album, will premiere on CMT.com on Monday, July 21. The single is written by Cory Batten and Jennifer Adan and produced by Scott Hendricks.
"As a country music artist I'm always looking for 'that song.' Something unique, something special, something that matters. This song has all of the above. What a melody," said Shelton.
"She Wouldn't Be Gone" will also be digitally delivered to country radio on July 21 and will be available for sale at all digital retailers on July 29. Ringtone will be available at all carriers on Aug. 3.
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